Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1973

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (771 babies) and Michael for boys (1,036). Social Security records list 55,415 babies born in Louisiana in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1973

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Angelle: 26 babies, 42.2× the national rate
Shelita: 24 babies, 31.7× the national rate
Cotina: 15 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Shantell: 27 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Kayla: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Shawanda: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Catina: 126 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tyra: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Chantel: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tangela: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Ivory: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Shedrick: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Jude: 20 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lionel: 35 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 45 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ron: 46 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Percy: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cornell: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sterling: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jacques: 15 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	771	–	1
2	Angela	527	–	7
3	Melissa	503	↑2	6
4	Michelle	479	↓1	3
5	Kimberly	422	↑1	4
6	Nicole	413	↓2	11
7	Stephanie	386	↑1	9
8	Amy	379	↓1	2
9	Lisa	296	–	5
10	Shannon	286	–	22
11	Mary	261	↑1	14
12	Rebecca	257	↑10	10
13	Tammy	225	↓2	15
14	Tiffany	224	↑1	52
15	Heather	223	↑21	8
16	Tonya	209	↑9	36
17	Dawn	206	↓1	21
18	Monica	197	↑10	40
19	Dana	195	↓2	59
20	Danielle	194	new	49
21	Elizabeth	188	↑3	13
22	Stacy	184	↓4	32
23	Crystal	180	↑24	48
24	Tina	180	↓11	24
25	Wendy	178	↑12	29
26	Tanya	174	↑8	50
27	Tracy	169	↓7	20
28	Julie	159	↓7	12
29	Katina	158	↓10	>100
30	Karen	155	↓16	23
31	Sharon	149	↓2	57
32	April	147	new	33
33	Kelly	147	–	18
34	Lori	145	↑4	28
35	Rachel	141	↓8	42
36	Andrea	136	↑14	30
37	Amanda	135	new	51
38	Melanie	134	↓8	43
39	Stacey	133	↓8	41
40	Cynthia	132	–	26
41	Pamela	132	↓18	47
42	Brandy	128	new	82
43	Christina	128	new	16
44	Jessica	127	new	34
45	Patricia	127	↓3	27
46	Catina	126	↓20	>100
47	Donna	125	↓12	55
48	Laura	124	↓9	19
49	Susan	124	↓4	25
50	Denise	119	↓18	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	1,036	–	1
2	Christopher	943	–	2
3	John	792	↑1	6
4	Jason	784	↑2	3
5	James	777	↓2	4
6	Robert	625	↓1	7
7	David	616	–	5
8	Kevin	540	–	14
9	Brian	471	–	8
10	Charles	452	↑2	23
11	Joseph	424	↓1	12
12	Chad	415	↑1	25
13	William	401	↓2	9
14	Mark	321	↑2	15
15	Anthony	320	↑2	21
16	Eric	311	↓2	13
17	Richard	295	↑1	16
18	Scott	262	↓3	18
19	Daniel	257	↑4	11
20	Kenneth	254	–	28
21	Thomas	248	↑3	19
22	Donald	243	↑3	38
23	Steven	237	↓1	20
24	Paul	235	↓3	24
25	Patrick	230	↑3	37
26	Timothy	225	–	22
27	Troy	209	↑2	59
28	Shawn	206	↑6	27
29	Gregory	205	↓2	26
30	Ryan	204	↑9	30
31	Shane	202	↑5	54
32	Jeffrey	199	↓2	17
33	Ronald	198	↓14	40
34	Edward	188	↑4	39
35	Jonathan	181	↓2	31
36	Matthew	180	↑5	10
37	Stephen	177	↓2	32
38	Keith	176	↓7	41
39	Larry	174	↓2	50
40	Bryan	171	–	43
41	Derrick	170	↓9	87
42	Brandon	162	new	58
43	Jeremy	155	↓1	33
44	Corey	146	–	89
45	Todd	135	↓2	35
46	Gary	130	↓1	44
47	Terry	130	–	65
48	Willie	126	new	>100
49	Sean	125	↓1	36
50	Joshua	123	new	42

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